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"There are features that have moved in 20 years as well: jets have shifted and extended, telling us about how stars collapse and how they shock their way through the gas, how high-velocity stars and gas are moving, and will allow us to test our best theories of star formation with the greatest data ever obtained.

And that’s not just all: there’s a bonus! 20 years since the first Hubble image of the Eagle Nebula came back, they also used it to take an infrared mosaic of this same region."

Twenty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the Eagle Nebula, and uncovered the highest-resolution views of the pillars of creation ever taken. That was back in 1995, and now Hubble is outfitted with a new camera, superior imaging technology, and can span more wavelengths than ever before. The result — double the resolution, larger field-of-view, and better science — is worth your time in full-screen.﻿